明天, 今天, 昨天（ghostneuron）

I read this news today, and found out the list:  It’s surprise that untill 19 century did people know the problems of consanguineous marriage, even with biologist like Darwin….but his dilemma on marriage is another question, which could confused many men; however his is also different, as a special man, his gene seems deviated from the normal distribution of human population…

Marry

Children (if it Please God)
Constant companion (and friend in old age) who will feel interested in one
Object to be beloved and played with. Better than a dog anyhow
Home, & someone to take care of house
Charms of music and female chit-chat
These things good for one’s health—but terrible loss of time
My God, it is intolerable to think of spending one’s whole life, like a neuter bee, working, working, and nothing after all—No, no, won’t do
Imagine living all one’s day solitary in smoky dirty London House
Only picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire and books and music perhaps
Compare this vision with the dingy reality of Great Marlboro Street, London

Not Marry

Freedom to go where one liked
Choice of Society and little of it
Conversation of clever men at clubs
Not forced to visit relatives and bend in every trifle
Expense and anxiety of children
Perhaps quarrelling
Loss of Time
Cannot read in the evenings
Fatness and idleness
Anxiety and responsibility
Less money for books etc.
If many children forced to gain one’s bread (But then it is very bad for one’s health to work too much)
Perhaps my wife won’t like London; then the sentence is banishment and degradation into indolent, idle fool

It’s the most beautiful day since the spring came this year, sunny and warm, fresh green on trees, small flowers out of grass, happy birds….I got up earlier to take a course in Cambridge. It’s on In Cell Analyzer, a fancy application of "high content screen" , most used in drug screen now, basically a extension of morphological method of analyzing cells with different markers at a high amount and speed. The speecher is a young man in middle 30s, quite energetic and clear thinking, I was fine in the morning, but got tired in the afternoon when he showed the data analysis, sleeping and worn out …..we had only four stdudents today, and 3 of us are Chinese. .. The moon is full tonight when I walk out of the lab, quiet night with fragrance sprilled in the air….spring is here!

晚上作了个清炒土豆片，以前一直切丝，今天换了个花样，结果味道果然不同。为什么土豆丝和土豆片炒出来味道不同呢？ 似乎土豆片的香味更浓一些。我觉得是土豆片与舌头的接触面积大于土豆丝，所以味道对味蕾的刺激更大。。。为什么蒜泥比蒜末味道更强呢？因为蒜泥与舌头的接触面积比蒜末要大，另外蒜泥带的粘液更多更直接地刺激味蕾，自然感觉更辣。。。不过要比较橘子汁与橘子的不同，就得考虑流体力学了，看单位时间内那个在味蕾上停留的时间长。。。如果再计算一下，土豆片的面积，味蕾兴奋的多少，中枢味觉神经的兴奋强度，是正相关的，可以建立一个方程式；这样要激活多少快感用多少土豆片就可以清楚地算出来了。。。这就构成了一门很有前途的行业美食家的数学物理生物基础。。。

There is a new research with fMRI showing we use the same brain area for imagination and memory… The important thing might be the CPU, organizing center.

08年真是多事之秋，民主，民权，民族，民生问题把中国炒得红透了。。。我是自由主义者，认为一切政治都是无聊的消耗斗争, 不过就是有人喜欢斗, 所谓" 与人斗,其乐无穷" 吗. 要追溯历史的话, 我们现在地球上的人类都是几百万年前一个东非女人的后代, 像巴比塔的故事,圣经的故事里讲的一样, 因为羊群,因为女人,利益之争主导了人类社会的历史, 就像最近的新片’10000 BC’ 以及所有历史战争片所描述的, 从兄弟相残, 父子相残开始, 家族之争到国家之战….直到今天,  民族冲突, 宗教冲突, 种族清洗,  恐怖主义 仍然弥漫泛滥着,主宰着人类的未来…一手拿剑,一手拿橄榄枝,人类在这种紧张中进化着, 现在的西藏问题就是最新的例证. 看到两篇西方人关于西藏的著作, 是知识分子的研究专著,看起来很客观, 有时间仔细读一下: "The Shadow of Dalai Lama" and "The Tibet Myth"

I am taking a training and test online about ethical considerations on biological research with human. That’s quite out of my knowledge before.

The Belmont Principles

The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human of
Research, published in 1979 by the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects
of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, provides the philosophical underpinnings for current
federal laws that govern research involving human subjects.
Three basic ethical principles relevant to the ethics of research are described in TheBelmont
Report:
1. Respect for persons – This principle requires that researchers recognize that each
individual’s judgments and choices about participating in the research must be respected.
For those not capable of deciding for themselves or classified by the government as
vulnerable subjects (e.g., children, prisoners, pregnant women, fetuses), special
protection must be made.
To meet this principle , research subjects or their legal representative usually must sign an
informed consent form detailing the research to be done, the potential risks and benefits,
and anything else that might influence their decision to participate. The IRB reviews the
project to ensure that participation of subject is voluntary, and that the information
provided to gain consent is adequate and appropriate.
2. Beneficence – This principle embodies these concepts: 1) do not harm and 2) maximize
possible benefits and minimize possible harms. All research should be designed to
minimize risk and maximize benefit to the participant and to society. The IRB will
review the project to determine if risks are outweighed by the potential benefits.
3. Justice – This principle considers whether the benefits and burdens of participating in the
research are fairly distributed among all populations to ensure justice. Researchers must
be careful not to select already burdened or vulnerable groups who might be more easily
coerced to participate. This is a question of justice, in the sense of "fairness in
distribution" or "what is deserved." The goal is to distribute burdens and benefits in just
ways. The IRB reviews the project to ensure that subjects are selected fairly within the
specific project and among all other Messiah College research.